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Severstal North America Appoints New Vice President, Commercial

9/25/2013 -
Severstal North America announced the appointment of Mr. Sachin Shivaram as vice president, commercial.

Shivaram joined Severstal in December, 2012 as general manager, metallics. Previously, he worked at ArcelorMittal, where he was head of strategy and marketing for Long Carbon Americas in Chicago. He also held the positions of director, strategy and director, sales for ArcelorMittal in Mexico City. Sachin began his career as an associate for McKinsey and Company. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and literature from Harvard University, a master of philosophy in political science from the University of Cambridge and a law degree from Yale University.

“I am pleased to welcome Sachin to our senior leadership team, as he assumes his new challenging role of driving the success of our sales and marketing organization. He exemplified himself at Severstal in building a successful network of scrap suppliers and has an impressive background both professionally and academically. We will leverage his expertise and spirit of innovation to continue building our commercial organization and providing the highest level of service and excellence to our customers,” said Saikat Dey, CEO, Severstal North America.